Writing, Editing, and AI with Heidi Nobles

Back in August, I had the opportunity to hear a short presentation from Heidi Nobles, assistant professor in writing and rhetoric and director of Writing Across the Curriculum at the University of Virginia. The presentation was part of a two-day institute on teaching and generative AI, and Heidi leveraged her background as an editor to provide a different way of thinking about working with generative AI.

Heidi pointed out that when we ask ChatGPT or some other AI chatbot to polish a draft essay, we’re asking for copyediting. That’s useful, yes, but there are other, earlier stages to an editing process. Might AI be useful during those other stages? Heidi argued for yes. A chatbot won’t be as good as a human editor, but most writers don’t have access to a human editor, so it’s worth exploring what AI can do.

On today's podcast, Heidi Nobles talks about writing and teaching writing from an editor's perspective.

Episode Resources

·       Heidi Nobles faculty page, https://wac.virginia.edu/people/heidi-nobles 

·       Edits on the Record, https://editsontherecord.com/ 

·       Choose Your Own Adventure maps, https://www.cyoa.com/pages/choose-your-own-adventure-these-maps-reveal-the-hidden-structures-behind-the-books 

·       One Book, Many Readings by Christian Swinehart, https://samizdat.co/cyoa/

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